The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-15
BUFFALO BILL IN ENGLAND.
His Amazing Success-What He Says About
the Prince of Wales and Irving.

His Amazing Success-What He Says About
the Prince of Wales and Irving.
T. c. Crawford. in New York World.
1 had talk with Colonel Cody yesterday,
about his London season He left London to-
day for Birmingham. where he will be a short
time, and then he will to Manchester for the
winter Manchester is the center OF a vast pop
uiat ton. Within radius of thirty-one miles
from the center of Manchester there
are in tho neiehborhood of seven
millions of people, as many as are within sim
There is much more money among the working
people of Manchester than among those of Lon
don. Cody and Salisbury have much more
profitable arrangement for the winter season
than they had with the American Exhibition in
London. The projectors of the Manchester
building put it up at their own expense, and
only ask % per cent. of the proceeds for their
work. Colonel Cody leaves in day or two for
Italy for three-weekS rest as he does not in
tend to play himself until his people reach Man
chester He is to-day the most successful and
widely advertised Snowman in the world. He
has surpassed Barnum far notoriety and
success concerned. He told yesterday
that just before leaving New York for England
Barnum came to him end offered him $3.50 900
for a quarter interest in the European venture.
Cody accepted this offer, until he learned of the
condition that was attached to it. This was that
Barnum IS name should go ahead of Cody's in
the announcements of the combination. This
Cody refused. He says that the name he has
made a successful Snowman is as much to him
the money. Cody that several days
ago he received the largest offer ever known in
the history or the snow business. he was or
fered 81, 00O, 900 in cash for a contract for two
years to play in different parts of Europe. This
offer he refused. for the reason that he is not
certain that he wants to remain in Europe for
two years, and, if he did, he would be able to
make more money than that under his own man
agement and not be tied up with any one Both
with their connection with the Ameri-
can Exhibition. Cody said yesterday
that he had not spoken to Whitley, the
director-eeneral of the American Exhibition
since early last summer. The managers of the
Wild West Shov, he says, were deceived by
w hitley, in being given to understand that
number of prominent and official representa-
tives of the United States were TO be interested
in the concern. Cody says that he found that
every name that had been given him interest
ed in the enterprise when he first made the n
tract used without any authority. Instead
of there being plenty of money back of the
Germ the money necessary only obtained
after the Wild West company had started from
New York. To use Cody's own language ''the
last f25, 600 necessary for the completion
of the buildings in London were only obtained
after dispatch was received from New York
announcing the embarkaton and departure of
my pany. When the Wild West people
rived they found that they were the priAcipai
attraction. and that they could have done much
better if they had started alone than by dividing
profits with an enterprise which could never
have opened without their assistance, and
which, if it had been opened without them,
could not have drawn crowd for over fort
night.
asked Colonel Cody something about their
financial success. He said that they had made
a good deal of money in London, but not
much as they should have made: He considered
that he was worth to-day $500, 900, and that the
bulk of this is invested in good Western real
estate. Salisbury, he said. was worth about
$500 900 that he had put away since he had gone
in with the Wild West Cody saws that he is
not certain about their future He has made
enough money to retire. They will play the
winter through and then go to Belgium for three
Then they will 60 to Paris for few weeks, and
to Rome later. The manager of the Paris Hip
podrome has advised Colonel Cody to 60 to
Russia He says that he would make greater
success in Russia than in any country OF Europe.
But all this means hard work and the taking of
risks which Cody and Salisbury are not at pres
ent certain about running. They know that
they go back the United States and
play to better business than before they came
away. and as the prices obtained IN the United
States are higher than they get here they may
come home next year Their original plan was
to remain in Europe two years.
asked Col Cody about the Prince of Wales.
He said: THE Prince has been very kind to
me. He sent for me soon after my arrival to
come and see him Marlborough House. He
came out to the grounds, before We opened,
with the Princess and some of his friends. and we
gave him private exhibition He is good
man. He is kind, thoughtful and good friend.
If he likes man he sticks to him. He is man
of whom you ask a favor. l sent word to
him the other day of my plans of going to Man
chester, and he wrote letter to one of the
most important men there indorsing me and
my entertainments, and also sent dispatch. He
gave me. last summer. a very handsome pin.
do not wear it, because hold it too choice for
that It is IN my safe 1t is in the form of
horseshoe, with diamonds and rubes alter
mating and with the three feathers of the
Princes crest set inside the shoe"
This present has never been mentioned in the
newspapers. Col Cody did not volunteer the
information concerning it. 1t was in answer to
the direct question whether the Prince had
given him any souvenir IN return for the special
conrtesies show him at West Brompton.
There is man in the United States who 10
as welt known in Europe as Buffalo Bill He
has become the subject of childreps story books